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Diagnostic Accuracy of Noninvasive Genotyping of EGFR in Lung Cancer Patients by Deep Sequencing of Plasma Cell-Free DNA.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Sept 2015
Uchida Junji, Kato Kikuya, Kukita Yoji, Kumagai Toru, Nishino Kazumi, Daga Haruko, Nagatomo Izumi, Inoue Takako, Kimura Madoka, Oba Shigeyuki, Ito Yuri, Takeda Koji, Imamura Fumio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genotyping of EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) mutations is indispensable for making therapeutic decisions regarding whether to use EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) for lung cancer. Because some cases might pose challenges for biopsy, noninvasive genotyping of EGFR in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) would be beneficial for lung cancer treatment. METHODS: We developed a detection system for...
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